ACK/Cmnt: [Unstable][PATCH 0/2] UBUNTU: [Packaging] Clean up linux-bpf-dev packaging
Agathe Porte
agathe.porte at canonical.com
Tue Dec 10 13:33:55 UTC 2024
2024-12-05 15:33 CET, Juerg Haefliger:
> The linux-bpf-dev package provides vmlinux.h which is generated from vmlinux using the
> in-tree bpftool utility. Currently, we build bpftool after the kernel so need to copy
> vmlinux around which is ugly. Fix that by building the tool before the kernel.
>
> Note that the whole concept of the linux-bpf-dev package still remains broken as outlined
> in the commit message of patch 2.
>
> Juerg Haefliger (2):
> UBUNTU: [Packaging] linux-bpf-dev: Restructure packaging
> UBUNTU: [Packaging] linux-bpf-dev: Skip packaging for additional
> kernel flavors
>
> debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Agathe Porte <agathe.porte at canonical.com>
Maybe I am missing some context, but what prevents us to make
linux-bpf-dev a flavored package?
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